A few days of warm and dry weather resulted in some grass fires that did some damage. The Lometa Ranch fire burned over 2000 acres in Lampasas County.
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The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
A few days of warm and dry weather resulted in some grass fires that did some damage. The Lometa Ranch fire burned over 2000 acres in Lampasas County. A small fire near Springtown in Parker County burned two homes.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 12:05 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 105 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS...SOME GUSTS AROUND 20 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 00Z. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEASTERLY TONIGHT AND EASTERLY AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS SATURDAY. 58 && .UPDATE... COLD FRONT IS NOW ALONG A LINE FROM LAMPASAS TO PALESTINE AND CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH. WITH THE DRY AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...WILL PUSH THE MENTION OF POPS FARTHER SOUTH TO ENCOMPASS JUST THE FAR SOUTHEAST ZONES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY AS WEAK COLD ADVECTION WILL COUNTER WARM LOW LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES THAT WERE STILL PRESENT ON THIS MORNINGS SOUNDING. WILL BUMP UP TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES WHERE COLD ADVECTION WILL BE WEAKEST. TR.92 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 AM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012/ A SUMMER COLD FRONT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SLOWING AND PERHAPS STALLING NEAR THE I-20 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS MORNING. MUCH DRIER AIR IS EVIDENT NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S FILTERING IN FROM THE NORTH. THE FRONT WILL GET A SECOND PUSH FROM THE NORTH TODAY AS A POTENT SHORTWAVE DROPS SOUTH AROUND AN UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES. LIGHT NORTH WINDS AND LOWER HUMIDITIES WILL SPREAD SOUTH THROUGH THE REST OF NORTH TEXAS BY THIS EVENING BEHIND THE SURFACE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMEST SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WHERE SEVERAL LOCATIONS MAY AGAIN SEE TRIPLE DIGIT HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS NORTH OF THE FRONT WILL STILL HEAT UP NICELY UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...BUT HIGHS SHOULD BE WELL BELOW THE RECORD READINGS OF YESTERDAY. WILL KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN PLACE SOUTH OF THE FRONT FOR TODAY. STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND GOOD INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. SUBSIDENCE FROM THE EASTERN REACHES OF AN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION SHOULD PREVENT HIGHER COVERAGE OF STORMS. ACTIVITY WILL WEAKEN WHILE MOVING SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN ON SUNDAY...AS SOUTHERLY FLOW PICKS UP AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS. THIS FRONT WILL APPROACH THE RED RIVER LATE SUNDAY AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DIVES SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE PLAINS TOWARDS THE TN VALLEY. WILL INCLUDE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT WHERE THE FRONT WILL LIKELY STALL...THEN ACROSS THE EAST ON MONDAY WHERE THE BEST UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT WILL RESIDE. EXTENDED RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BREAK DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WOULD LIKELY BRING TEMPERATURES BACK TO NEAR NORMAL READINGS...AND A MORE ACTIVE AND PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN AS WE HEAD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH. 30 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 97 72 98 78 101 / 5 0 0 0 10 WACO, TX 101 71 101 77 101 / 10 5 0 0 10 PARIS, TX 95 67 95 72 97 / 5 0 0 0 10 DENTON, TX 97 68 98 75 101 / 5 0 0 0 10 MCKINNEY, TX 96 67 97 74 99 / 5 0 0 0 10 DALLAS, TX 97 72 99 78 100 / 5 0 0 0 10 TERRELL, TX 98 68 99 74 100 / 5 0 0 0 10 CORSICANA, TX 99 70 100 75 100 / 10 5 0 0 10 TEMPLE, TX 102 72 101 75 101 / 10 5 0 0 10 MINERAL WELLS, TX 98 68 99 73 102 / 5 0 0 0 10 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 58/92
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 124 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111115- MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN- HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS- ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL- JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO- FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE- LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON- 124 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A KILLEEN TO PALESTINE LINE. STRONG TO DAMAGING MICROBURST WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NORTHEAST OF A JACKSBORO...CLEBURNE...FAIRFIELD LINE ON MONDAY. GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY NEED TO BE REQUESTED SOUTH OF A KILLEEN TO PALESTINE LINE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 7 PM.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A 300-acre grass fire burned near the Slocum Ranch area near Cresson. Above average temperatures near 100 degrees and low humidity values in the 20s resulted in elevated fire weather conditions on this day.
A grass fire burned approximately 440 acres in Unit 21 of the LBJ National Grasslands. The fire was started on the 12th when lightning struck a tree, but the fire violently ignited just before noon on the 13th as temperatures rose into the mid and upper 90s. The fire was burning near CR 2690 northeast of Alvord. According to the Southern Area Coordination Center, the fire was out by the 15th.
A 12-acre fire near Springtown burned three homes and a barn. The fire began near Carter Road and FM 51. Above average temperatures over 100 degrees and low humidity values in the teens resulted in elevated fire weather conditions on this day.
A wildfire was started just west of Lometa off CR 1610 by lightning from a thunderstorm that moved through the area Sunday night through early Monday (Aug 12-13). This fire was difficult to fight due to the rough terrain and particularly thick brush, and ended up burning around 2,100 acres and forcing the evacuation of 6 homes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 408254, 408253, 408255, 408457.